01043nam a22001217a 4500008004100000100001800041245006200059260004400121300003700165520061400202650006100816773004400877230307b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aGhosh, Saibal  aFirm performance and productivity: Is labour an obstacle?  aThe Indian Journal of Labour Economics   a65(3), Jul-Sep, 2022: p. 709-728  aUsing cross-sectional data on SMEs, the paper examines the importance of labour obstacles on their performance and productivity. The findings indicate that labour obstacles are an important impediment affecting firm behaviour: a one standard deviation increase in such obstacles lower sales by 6–8% and employment by 2–5%. In addition, we find that such obstacles are more acute in case of women-focused firms. Taken together, these findings extend the literature on labour obstacles to small firms and suggest that policy needs to focus on this hitherto neglected aspect of SME behaviour. – Reproduced   aSME, Labour obstacles, Sales, Employment, Productivity.   aThe Indian Journal of Labour Economics